About our guest: Rabbi Shira Stern was ordained by Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in New York in 1983 and earned her Doctor of Ministry from HUC-JIR in 2003.  She was the rabbi and educator of the Monroe Township Jewish Center for 13 years. She has also served as a hospital and hospice chaplain, Director of the Joint Chaplaincy Program of Greater Middlesex County and the Director of the Jewish Institute for Pastoral Care in New York City.Rabbi Stern founded the Center for Pastoral Care and Counseling in Marlboro, NJ, from which she recently retired as director. In her work there she worked with children and adults in focusing on problem solving and personal growth. Rabbi Stern was trained by the Red Cross to serve on the SAIR team - Spiritual Air Incident Response Team in 2001 and worked for four months at the Liberty State Park Family Assistance Center in the aftermath of 9/11. She is currently the lead chaplain for Disaster Spiritual Care for American Red Cross in New Jersey.Rabbi Stern writes on issues of Women in Judaism, biblical commentary and chaplaincy-related topics and has taught two Jewish feminist courses at Rutgers University. She is a Board Certified Jewish Chaplain and is a Past-President of Neshama: Association of Jewish Chaplains. She has been widely featured in the print and television media on a variety of topics.Rabbi Stern is married to Rabbi Donald Weber.See also: "Rabbi helps Pittsburgh community pick up the pieces" "Rabbi and Red Cross Volunteer Delivers Message of Hope to TempleShalom in Naples""Welcome to the Jewish Berkshires, Rabbi Shira Stern""Hatikvah on Mount Scopus", July, 1967, Isaac Stern, Leonard Bernstein and the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra About our host: Rabbi Edward Bernstein, PBCC, is the producer and host of NeshamaCast. He serves as Chaplain at Boca Raton Regional Hospital of Baptist Health South Florida. He is a member of the Board of Neshama: Association of Jewish Chaplains. Prior to his chaplain career, he served as a pulpit rabbi in congregations in New Rochelle, NY; Beachwood, OH; and Boynton Beach, FL. He is also the host and producer of My Teacher Podcast: A Celebration of the People Who Shape Our Lives.
About our host:Rabbi Edward Bernstein, BCC, is the executive producer and host of NeshamaCast. He serves as Chaplain at Boca Raton Regional Hospital of Baptist Health South Florida. He is a member of the Board of Neshama: Association of Jewish Chaplains. Prior to his chaplain career, he served as a pulpit rabbi in congregations in New Rochelle, NY; Beachwood, OH; and Boynton Beach, FL. He is also the host and producer of My Teacher Podcast: A Celebration of the People Who Shape Our Lives. NeshamaCast contributor Chaplain David Balto is a volunteer chaplain at Washington Hospital Center  in Washington, D.C. and Western Correctional Insitution, Maryland’s maximum security prison. He coordinated the annual National Bikur Cholim Conference.  Support NeshamaCast and NAJC with a tax deductible donation to NAJC. For sponsorship opportunities as either an individual or institution, please write to Rabbi Ed Bernstein at [email protected] Thank you to Steve Lubetkin and Lubetkin Media Companies for producing this episode. Transcripts for this episode and other episodes of NeshamaCast are available at NeshamaCast.simplecast.com and are typically posted one week after an episode first airs.  Theme Music is “A Niggun For Ki Anu Amecha,” written and performed by Reb-Cantor Lisa Levine. Please help others find the show by rating and reviewing the show on Apple Podcasts or other podcast providers.  We welcome comments and suggestions for future programming at [email protected]. And be sure to follow NAJC on Facebook to learn more about Jewish spiritual care happening in our communities.  

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